Halfway There!! Wednesday plates and plans?

Wave away my yesterday
Cause I'm leaving it behind me.
Hello sunshine, come what may.
I feel something new inside me.
I hear the birds singing
Now my alarm's ringing
Get up, get up, hey!

It's a good morning!
(Mandisa - "Good Morning" )

    Off work at  1230 last night, back at 5am for some overtime.  I'll swim and maybe go for a walk / run when I get home, then help my mom out of bed. I need to go pick up my B12 prescription and some rabbit food.....  and then? Nap time!!  I'll work 2pm-1am tonight.

B1- click w/ skim milk and SF Torani hazelnut
B2 - Syntha 6 strawberry protein w/ water (trying to get rid of some of this stuff !!)
L - Nik's chicken pot pie, green beans, cabbage, peppers
S - Syntha 6 Chocolate cake batter protein
    - Hebrew National 97% FF hot dog (no bun) w/ cheese
D - Chicken pot pie, veggies
S -  ww fajita tortilla w/ turkey bacon, tomato slices  (my latest fixation)


So, what's on your plate / schedule for today?

Well my kids & I made an effort to ride bikes this morning. We did get some riding in before it started raining & lightning. I should of checked the radar before we went out, but oh well. Lol We tried.

B- 2 Deli Ham & Cheese rollups & 1 Dill Pickle spear

I have to work tonight & not sure what I'll be having the rest of the day. Probably some of my pre made freezer meals I make. Probably pintos & cheese & my homemade veg. beef soup.

Two more 10 hour shifts to go before my 10 day vacation. Thank the Lord.

Lori - love your shopping list -- B-12 and rabbit food (literally, not like lettuce and carrots and such)!

B: chocolate protein shake/turkey sausage
L: taco casserole/cucumbers/pluot
S: cheese/ham roll-ups
D: burger/roasted brussels sprouts
S: greek yogurt/strawberries/granola

Kind of a gray day here, but I'll take it and enjoy it before the humidity creeps back in. Going to the gym today at lunch for a run, some strength training (upper body), and a good stretch. Must work on a plan for a 10K. I'm running the Tufts 10K in Beantown on Columbus Day Weekend. 6,000+ women -- it'll be a blast, but I need to develop a plan to increase distance and speed over the next 10 weeks. My goal is to finish the race in under 1:15....last time I ran it I was 10 years younger and did it in 1:06. I'm grateful I have the ability to run it again and anything under 1:15 will be spectacular! Make yours a great day everyone!

My life is something of a clusterf*ck right now. But for some reason I'm not very stressed about it at all.

My tags are expired. I had tickets to pay before I could renew them. I gave up the ghost and used the rent money to pay the tickets figuring if I have no job, how can I pay future rent?

But now I have to go to the city parking office to get a paper which clears me to go to motor vehicles, pay the fee THEY charge me for having had a ticket and THEN pay the registration fee (so by the end of this all I've spend about $700). Well, I go to the city office this morning and their computers are down. Typical.

Meantime, my old house may or may not go to closing today. I dunno. I keep being in the right place at the right time for this thing and everyone else keeps effing up. The ONLY reason any of this is of any consequence to me is because I get some "moving assistance" money from my mortgage company. Seeing as I've been struggling lately and still need furniture for my house (none of us have dressers, for instance) I am quite anxious to get that money. Plus, that would enable me to...um...pay my rent this month!!! BUT the caveat there is I owe an old water bill so I have to bring $500 to closing. So...if that happens today, fine. I can bring it and I'll immediately get the money back that I can use to go get my tags renewed. If I get my tags renewed I will not have the money to close on my house.

Boy, even though I miss my girls I am glad they are gone. This level of brokeness with kids is just...ugh. Luckily I can subsist on very little by myself so it's not that big of a deal. But it's still a pain in the ass.

ANYWAY...eating...

1. Click/Skim milk in the shaker bottle over ice (was pleasantly surprised)

2. Spicy Quinoa and Tomatoes

3. Protein Frappe made with ice and water

4. Whatever the old ladies feed me at my return to church dinner

5. I dunno. Something.

Good morning all! I got up and convinced myself to weight lift today before cardio. Recently my body weight dropped under what I can dead lift and I have really, really been struggling through my lifts. Today felt pretty good so I think I'm starting to do better. Getting more protein into my diet seems to be doing the trick.

At work for now and planning to watch Olympics at home tonight. My husband is going out with some friends after work so it'll just be the dog and I hanging out tonight. Looking forward to being a little lazy with dinner for one, haha.

Breakfast: Black coffee
Lunch: 4 oz. turkey or chicken and raw broccoli and peppers.
Dinner: Zucchini fritters and lemon-garlic yogurt sauce. A few spoonfuls of 90/10 ground beef with tomatoes just for some extra protein.
Snack: Roasted peaches with plain yogurt on top.

I don't know what to have for another snack today. Probably a couple of eggs and a 1 oz. slice of wheat toast. I'm going to the bakery at lunch to get a fresh loaf of their super-good whole wheat and oatmeal bread.

Have a good Wednesday everyone!

Almost made it half way through the week I say almost because it's not 4:30 yet

B: Two egg whites w slice america cheese, half piece toast
S: Yogurt, apple
L: half sliced chicken sandwich, cheese stick
S: carrot sticks, honey dew melon
D: Turkey cheeseburger mac (WW recipe), broccoli
S: I have been making these microwave mug cakes with 2TBSP pancake mix, 1 pack splenda, and a tsp dark ****oa powder, 2-3 TSP water microwave for 30-45 seconds top with SF caramel syrup or cool whip...holy cow they are awesome! but I must stop I cant keep making these every night so snack will most likely be Honey dew melon or microwace popcorn, maybe a mint cookie protein shake.

Have a fantastic day!

 Trying to increase fiber... soooo... a slight change to my usual breakfast...

20 oz water before work.
B - Fage, cherries, splenda, 15g Fiber One, which I forgot about until after the yogurt was gone so I just ate it dry by itself.
s - hot green tea, splenda, 24 oz water (48 preferably) before lunch.
L - since someone removed the microwave in the break room I brought cold food.  1/2 a Joseph's Bakery pita to be filled with 4 oz cottage cheese, .5 oz blue cheese, 1 oz chickpeas, 3 oz cucumber and as a side dish 2 oz green beans.  The green beans were an afterthought in case I'm not full.  I also have an orange if needed.
s - 1 1/2 scoop mint cookie protein made with water over ice
D - don't know.  My august goal is to plan/prepare dinner a minimum of 4 days a week.  *sigh*
s - I'll have an apple before the gym today, so my snack will actually be at dinner time and my dinner at late night snack time.

Today's dos:

Hour of Zumba at the gym followed by a run on the mill.

 I admire you for having the desire and ability to run after Zumba.

Maybe it's my technique, or my class, but I've gone 3 times now and it didn't feel like a workout either time!  My BMF showed a 250 calorie burn each class for about 45 minutes total activity so I think I'm moving enough.  But I barely break a sweat and barely raise my heart rate much.

I've had two instructors, one was a litle better than the other.

I like to be soaking wet and pouring sweat when I leave a workout (yes, even yoga!) or I don't feel like I've done enough.  That could be either a good thing or a bad thing!

 I wish I could teleport Mia to you...OMG...so much sweat! But so fun! She is positively vibrant.